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CLASSIFICATION OF VERB

Gerund= V1+ing

Non-Finite
Verb Infinitive= To+V1
Present = V1+ing

Participle Past = V3

Perfect = Having + V3

To Be = am, is, are,

VERB was, were, being

Primary
Auxiliary To do = do, does, did

To have = have, has,

Auxiliary Verb had

Shall-Should, Will-Would, Can-

Finite Verb Modal
Could, May-Might, Must,
Auxiliary
Need, Dare, Ought to

Transitive Verb
Principal Verb

Intransitive Verb

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RIGHT FORM OF VERB

TENSE EXAMPLE
Often, regularly, usually, Present Indefinite Tense My uncle visits sea beach
sometimes, always, very often, Sub (3rd Person singular) + verb regularly.
generally, ordinarily, normally, (s/es) Sub (others) + verb People always like the good
daily, every day persons.
universal truth (চিরন্তন সত্য), The earth moves round the
Habitual fact (অভ্যাসগত্ কর্ )ম sun.
ইত্যাচি বুঝায় ত্াহলে sentenceটি
A good student learns his
Present Indefinite Tense হয়।
lessons regularly.
Now, at this moment Present Continuous Tense She is singing a song now.
· (Sub+ am/is/are+ verb1+ing
+Extension)
Just, just now, already, yet, Present Perfect Tense We have already finished our
ever, recently, lately (Sub + has/have + verb3 + homework.
Extension) Haven’t you solved the
· problem yet?
‘Since’ বা‘ for’ এর পলর সর্য় Present Perfect Continuous It has been raining for two
উলেখ থাাকলে
Tense hours.
(Sub + have/has + been + We have been living in Dhaka
verb1+ing + Extension) since 1986.
Yesterday, Last (night, day), Past Indefinite Tense Last week he went to Dhaka.
once, ago, long since, long ago, (Sub + verb2 + Extension) Once upon a time there was a
lazy king.
last week, last year, last
month, that day, day before
yesterday
·
Tomorrow, next day, next Future Indefinite Tense We shall arrange a study tour
week, next, coming days (Sub + shall/will + verb1 + Ext.) next month.
Our English Teacher will
discuss Gerund in the next
lecture.

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ACTIVE & PASSIVE CONCEPT OF VERB

ACTIVE SUBJECT INACTIVE/PASSIVE EXAMPLE

SUBJECT
Be verb + v1+ing Be verb + v3 He is conducting research on this
project.
The assignment is prepared for Mr. Y.
Have/has/had + v3 Have/has/had + been + v3 She has written a letter to her mother.
A letter has been written by her to her
mother.
Modal auxiliary + v1 Modal auxiliary + be + v3 You must do your duty properly.
Your duty must be performed very
soon.
Simple sentence non- Simple sentence non-finite The national memorial situated at
finite verb v1+ing verb v3 savar represents our freedom.

USE of Verb1 + ing

EXAMPLE
Preposition/ possessive pronoun + (Verb+ing) My brother is fond of visiting historical
· places. Complete your homework before
leaving the class.
I will wait for your coming.
Addicted to, accustomed to, get used to, be used Avoid all your friends who are addicted to
to, with a view to, look forward to, devoted to, smoking.
I have minimized my daily expenses with a
owing to, object to, admit to, confessed to + view to buying a new motor bike.
verb1+ing
While + (verb+ing)/ continuous tense While walking in the garden, I saw a super
· big python.
All of my family member stared shouting
while I was reading an interesting story.
can’t/couldn’t help, mind, would you mind, Would you mind giving me a pen?
worth+ (verb+ing) He could not help helping the poor.

Advise admit allow appreciate I don’t enjoy playing cricket.

avoid Consider deny delay dislike We will admit overeating.
enjoy Imagine miss practice permit Manager considers paying tk 500 daily.
postpone resist resent reject risk
resume recall resist report suggest
start stop understand +
verb1+ing
Sentence-এর শুরুলত্ subject-এর স্থালন verb থাকলে Speaking is an art.
verb1+ing

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USE of Verb1

EXAMPLE
Let, had rather, had better, would better, do I let the other boys use my skates.
not, does not, need not, did not, did never + I had better go home by this time.
verb1
To + verb1 We have come here to see his ailing mother.
Advise demand prefer require ask He insisted that I stay at home.
insist Propose stipulate The office requires that we complete our work
command Suggest decree order request timely.
urge move recommend + that + sub + She commanded that he stop
verb1(base form) I recommend that you wake up early.

Don’t/doesn’t/didn’t + verb1 They didn’t want him as their king.

USE of To + Verb1

EXAMPLE
Agree desire hope plan attempt He agreed to do
claim decide demand expect intend He desires to go to Disneyland.
prepare tend fail learn pretend I want to work
want wish refuse need forget He failed to understand
hesitate offer seem
To express objective of a work (to+verb1) They came here to dissolve the dispute.

USE of Verb3

EXAMPLE
Sentence এT o be/ Become/ Having/Get/ The thief ran away having seen the policeman.
Being/ Getting থাকলে The Principal desired the notice to be hung.
Have/ has/ had + verb3 I have completed my assignment.

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IF CONDITIONAL

STRUCTURE EXAMPLE
Real conditional

Zero conditional If + Present Tense + Present If we boil water, it turns into

(Sub + verb + extension) Indefinite vapor.
Present conditional If + Present Tense + Present If he runs in the rain, he will
(Sub + will/can/may + Conditional catch cold.
verb1 + extension)

Past conditional If + Past Indefinite Tense + Past If I were a doctor, I could

(Sub + would/could/ Conditional treat the poor.
might + verb1 +
Unreal conditional

extension)
Past perfect conditional If + Past Perfect Tense + Past If they had started earlier,
(Sub + would/could/ Perfect Conditional they would have reached there
might + have+ verb3 + in time.
extension) Had + Sub + verb3 +… + Past Had I been a teacher, I would
Perfect Conditional have talked the real story to my
students.

USE of Singular & Plural Verb

EXAMPLE
Each, every, everyone, anyone, any, many a, Every mother loves her child.
everybody, everything, anybody, nobody, no One of the students is/was very brilliant.
one, nothing, anything, something, someone, Each of the boys was present yesterday.
one of, either, neither ইত্াচি থাকলে verb singular
হয়।
Time, Distance, Money, Place, Titles, Names Sixty cents is/was enough for him.
ববাঝালে subject বিখলত্ plural হলেও verb-এর Twenty miles is not a great distance now a
singular number হয়। days.
Sentence ‘It’ দ্বারা শুরু হলে পরবত্ী verb singular It is difficult to do.
হয়। It is you who have done this
As well as, with, along, including, together, in Rahim as well as his brothers is singing well.
addition to, accompanied by প্রভ্ৃ চত্ দ্বারা িুটি The teacher along with their students was busy
Subject যুক্ত থাকলে প্রথর্ Subject অনুযায়ী Verb বলস। that day.
Sentence যচি Introductory ‘There’ দ্বারা শুরু হয় There was a big river beside our village.
এবং ত্ারপর singular number থালক, there-এর There were a lot of work left for us.
singular verb হয়। আর যচি there-এর পলর plural
number থালক ত্লব plural verb হয়।

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SEQUENCE OF TENSE

EXAMPLE
As if/ Present Tense + As if + Past Indefinite Tense The man speaks as though he were a
As Past Indefinite + As if + Past Perfect Tense leader.
though He talked as if he had known nothing.
Since Present Tense + Since + Past Indefinite Tense Four years have passed since I met you.
Past Indefinite + Since + Past Perfect Tense Four years passed since I had met you.
Before Past Perfect Tense + Before + Past Indefinite We had reached the station before the
Tense train arrived.
After Past Indefinite Tense + After + Past Perfect We reached the station after the train
Tense had arrived.
It is time / It is high time/ fancy + Past I fancy I flew among the stars.
Indefinite Tense It is time you changed your bad habit.
Lest …… Lest + sub + should/ might + verb1 + Run faster lest you should miss the bus.
Extension He will work hard lest he should get
fired.
Sub + verb + so that/ in order that + sub + He reads attentively so that he can
can(present)/ could(past) + verb1 + Ext. stand first in the final examination.
He worked hard in order that he could
build his good future.
Sub + verb + so…. that + sub + The weather was so freeze that we
can’t(present)/ couldn’t(past) + verb1 + Ext. couldn’t start our mission.
As soon as + Past indefinite + Past indefinite As soon as we started for college, the
rain started.
No sooner had +sub + verb3+ than + Past No sooner had I reached home than she
Indefinite Tense left.
Hardly had +sub+verb3+before+ Past Scarcely had the police reached when
Indefinite Tense the man died.
Scarcely had + sub+verb3+when+ Past Hardly had I finished writing before the
Indefinite Tense teacher ordered to stop writing.
Would Would that + Sub + could + verb1 + Would that I could be a poet like Nazrul.
that Extension.

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PRACTICE ON RIGHT FORM OF VERB

01.Correct the verbs given in the brackets as per subject and context.
True education (a) —— (enlighten) our mind and (b) —— (refine) our sensibility. So, it often (c)
(compare) with light and is (d) —— (consider) as the pillar of human civilization. It can certainly (e)
—— (say) that if a country (f) —— (provide) its people with real education (g) —— (require) for the
modern aspects of life not (h) —— (ignore) own culture, it (i) —— (be) able to (j) —— (achieve) all
out prosperity for the betterment of the nation.

02. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs.
Man has an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. He (a) —— (satisfy) with what he has known and
seen. He wants to know and see more and more. This curiosity to know more (b) —— (inspire) him
to undertake and carry out hard and dangerous tasks. And this eventually (c) —— (result) in epoch-
making discoveries and inventions. In the fields of science and technology man in the meantime (d)
—— (achieve) what was inconceivable before. Man already (e) —— (land) on the moon and (f) ——
(prepare) for the journeys to Mars. Telephone and Internet (g) —— (quicken) the system of
communication. The use of science has (h) —— (enable) him to save the life of a dying patient
through life support. Man can (i) —— (reach) a long distance within a few hours. But he could not
even (j) —— (think) of it in the past.

03. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context.
A good student always (a) — (learn) his lesson. Generally, he (b) — (sit) in the first bench. He
normally (c) (maintain) a daily life. Usually, he (d) — (avoid) bad company. Every day he (e) — (take)
part in games and sports. He hardly (f) — (remain) absent. He often (g) — (take) suggestions from his
teachers. He (h) — (not, keep) late hours at night. He (i) — (get) up early in the morning and (j) —
(say) his prayers.

04. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context.
Bookish knowledge (a) — (become) useless when one (b) — (not apply) it in the real life. In our
practical life, we (c) — (mix) with different types of people and we get (d) — (enrich) by learning
from their way of living, manners and other things. If we (e) — (keep) our eyes and ears (f) — (open)
we can learn good things of life. The outside world (g) — (give) us a wide scope of (h) — (know)
different people and their culture. The things (i) — (receive) at schools and colleges are important
but what we (j) — (learn) from our practical life is precious.

05. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context.
The universe (a) —— (believe) to be a very vast thing. In fact, it is unimaginably vast. But the
primitive people (b) —— (have) a very narrow idea about the size and nature of the universe. They
(c) —— (assume) that the earth was flat and stationary. They (d) —— (think) that the earth was at
the center of the universe while the sun, the moon and the planets (e) —— (move) round the earth.
To them, the earth was the largest thing in existence. The eternal mystery of the world (f) —— (be)
its comprehensibility. It is the fundamental emotion which (g) —— (stand) at the cradle of true art
and true science. It was the experience of mystery even if (h) —— (mix) with fear. The individual (i)
—— (feel) about the futility of human desires and the sublimity and marvelous order which (j) ——
(reveal) themselves both in nature and in the world of thought.

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06. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context.
Since people (a) — (not, prevent) earthquake from (b) — (occur), policies, guidelines and plans must
(c) — (develop) in such a way that it (d) — (ensure) the most effective response to the natural
disasters. Earthquakes (e) — (threaten) as they (f) — (strike) with little or no warning. Adequate
precautions can be taken (g) — (minimize) losses. Earthquake resistant building code should (h) —
(develop) and that should (i) — (follow) as well as it (j) — (be) mandatory.

07. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context.
Today we are (a) —— (be) a free nation. We (b) —— (have) to endure great pains to gain freedom.
Our war of liberation (c) —— (take) place in 1971. People at all walks of life (d) —— (come) forward
and got (e) —— (involve) in the war directly and indirectly. Many a man (f) —— (kill) in the
battlefields. They (g) —— (flee) from the battlefields (h) —— (show) their back. Rather all of them (i)
—— (contribute) much to (j) —— (achieve) independence.

08. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs.

The wicked wolf (a) — (go) to the lamb. He (b) — (say) to it angrily "You young rascal. Why, do you
(c) — (make) the water dirty? Don't you (d) — (know) that I (e) — (not, drink) muddy water?" "No
sir", (f) — (reply) the lamb. The water (g) — (flow) past you before it (h) — (come) to me. I (i) —
(stand) down the stream." So, saying it (j) — (begin) to tremble in fear.

09. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context. Mr
Mojumder (a) —— (be) an English teacher for last 15 years. We are his students now. Earlier we (b)
—— (have) another teacher, Mr Sarker. We never (c) —— (see) him smiling. He (d) —— (not, explain)
anything to us. We really (e) —— (feel) bored in his class. However, Mr Mojumder (f) —— (change)
our class with his nice attitude. Every day he (g) —— (involve) us in pair work and group work. We
have a presentation in English on Monday. We (h) —— (present) survey findings on Tobacco
Consumption. For last few days (i) —— (work) hard for a smart presentation. My team (j) —— (decide)
to do power point presentation.

10. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context. The
sudden sickness and your admission into Bogra Medical College and Hospital (a) (take) me aback. I
have learnt that you (b) (suffer) from gastric pain for a week. I (c) (be) beside you in the hospital. But
you (d) (know) that my final examination (e) (g) on. It (f) (finish) on the 30th instant. Just after the
examination I (g) (come) to meet you. I (h) (send) my younger brother Mukul to hand you over some
books which (i) (help) you to remove your foredoom. (j) (not get) nervous at all.

11. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context.
A proverb goes that time and tide wait for none. Since the dawn of civilization, time is (a) ——
(move). It (b) —— (take) any rest. It is never constant. Time once gone is (c) —— (go) forever. Lost
health may be regained by medicine and proper caring and nursing. Lost time cannot be (d) ——
(recover) by any means because nobody can stop the ceaseless onward march of time. Life (e) ——
(be) nothing but the sum total of some moments. So, everybody should (f) —— (utilize) every
moment of his life. But everyone (g) —— (do) so. Only a few people (h) —— (make) proper use of
time and they can (i) —— (rise) to the pinnacles of glory by (j) —— (overcome) the problems of life
in this world. We should follow them.

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12. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context.
There are many reasons for which many students in our country (a) —— (fail) in English. That English
is a foreign language is the main reason. English is as if it (b) —— (to be) a language (c) —— (mean)
for a particular class of people. It (d) —— (regard) as a sheer wastage of time. They (e) —— (begin)
to cram English as though they (f) —— (consider) cramming is the only way to learn English. But (g)
—— (have) they been earnest in learning English, they could have (h) —— (learn) it easily.
Moreover, they are not (i) —— (motivate) properly. In addition, the text books (j) —— (not write)
according to the need of the learner.

13. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context.
Parents (a) —— (be) blessings of God to us. When a child (b) —— (bear), their joys (c) —— (know)
no bounds. They (d) —— (start) (e) —— (think) (f) —— (nurse) and (g) —— (bring) their children.
They (h) —— (remain) safe under the custody of their presents since birth. Parents never mind (i) —
— (take) pains for the upbringing of their off-spring. We (j) —— never (offend) our parents.

14. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context.
Time and tide (a) —— (wait) for none. It (b) —— (go) on and on. It not (c) —— (take) any rest. It is
never constant. Time once gone is gone forever. Lost health may be (d) —— (regain) by medicine
and proper caring and nursing, lost wealth by dint of hard labour but lost time cannot be (e) ——
(recover) by any means because nobody (f) —— (stop) the ceaseless onward march of time. Success
in life (g) —— (depend) on the best use of time. If we (h) —— (make) proper division of our time and
(i) —— (do) our duties accordingly, we are sure that we would be able to march in life and (j) ——
(reach) the cherished goal of our life.

15. Read the text and fill in the gaps with right form of verbs as per subject and context.
Three hundred years ago, Sir Issac Newton (a) —— (be) a great man of science. But was very absent
minded about small matters when he (b) —— (think) about a problem. One morning, Newton (c) —
— (get) up very early because he (d) —— (work) on a very difficult problem. Newton was thinking
about the problem so deeply that Newton (e) —— (not leave) the problem to go to breakfast. But
Mary, his housekeeper (f) —— (think) Newton (g) —— (need) food. So, the housekeeper (h) ——
(take) a pan of water and an egg to his study. The housekeeper (i) —— (want) to boil the egg and (j)
—— (stay) with Newton until he ate the egg.

16. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context.
Many events of great importance (a) —— (take) place during the last century. Significant advances
(b) —— (make) in the field of science and technology. Many European colonies (c) —— (gain)
independence. The movement for democracy (d) —— (become) prominent in many parts of the
world. Two world wars (e) —— (break) out in this century. It also (f) —— (witness) the misuse of
automatic energy. Two cities of Japan were completely (g) —— (destroy) as a result of the dropping
of atom bombs. However, the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent nation (h) ——
(become) a momentous event. After a bloody war of nine months Bangladesh (i) —— (bear). Now
we (j) —— (hold) our heads high in the community of nations.

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17. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context.
Three hundred years ago, Issac Newton (a) —— (be) a great man of science. But he was very absent-
minded about small matters when he (b) —— (think) about a problem. One morning Newton (c) —
— (get) up very early because Newton (d) —— (work) on a very difficult problem. Newton was
thinking about the problem so deeply that Newton (e) —— (not leave) the problem to go to
breakfast. But Mary, his housekeeper, (f) —— (think) Newton (g) —— (need) food. So, the
housekeeper (h) —— (take) a pan of water and an egg to his study. The housekeeper (i) —— (want)
to boil the egg and (j) —— (stay) with Newton until Newton ate the egg.

18. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context.
The great leader of our country whom we love and admire is Sher-E-Bangla A.K. Fazlul Huqs (a) ——
(mean) tiger. Fazlul Huq (b) —— (fight) for the cause of the country as like as a tiger. So, he (c) ——
(call) Sher-E-Bangla. His father Kazi Wazed Ali (d) —— (be) a renowned pleader in the Barisal Bar.
From his boyhood, Fazlul Huq was very meritorious. One day the boy Fazlul Huq (e) —— (read) in his
room. His father (f) —— (pass) by. He saw his son (g) —— (read) his lessons and (h) —— (tear) off
the pages of his book one after another. He at once (i) —— (enter) the room and said. "O my boy,
why you (j) —— (play) with your book?"

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